Sick Sick Sick...

[petraarkanian]

Petra shivers under her covers. She felt like she was burning up, but at the same time a deep cold had imbued itself into her body. Twice had she pulled herself out of bed for long scalding hot showers, twice she had fallen asleep and Kit had to rescue her. Her mind was a fog, she couldn’t think, couldn’t reason.

Her pillow was drenched in sweat, though she continues to shiver. Kit wanders around the bed, licking Petra every now and again. For a while she had tried to smile, but now her lips were cracked and sore and her breathing harsh. Coughs rack her body every few minutes leaving her shaking for a few seconds before the shivering takes place again.

Finally Kit decides to do something. One last nuzzle on Petra’s face and he jumps off the bed and goes to the door. With cat-like grace he jumps on a side table, and then opens the door. He takes him self away, allowing the door to remain slightly ajar behind him. He’s on a mission to find someone to help her…

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[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo follows Kit into Petra's room a few minutes later.

"Petra, what's wrong with you? You look...well, sick."

The sweary pillow and coughing/shivering rather takes Bonzo by surprise. Then again, he hasn't seen a really bad cold in a long, long time. At least not that he remembers.

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

Petra starts to sit up, and gets hit by a cough. She tries to smile, and fails. So does the sitting up. Instead she just nods.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo walks over to Petra's bed and sits by the side.

"There anything I can do for you?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

Raggedly, "Kit seems to think so."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo smiles.

"Well, do you have any ideas or shall I learn to speak cat?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

The comment startles a laugh out of Petra, which promptly turns to a cough.

"I'd be okay if it was warm." Not that Bonzo could -do- anything about that...

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo looks around.

"There any extra blankets in the closet?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"Dunno."

Kit paces that way and noses open the Closet for Bonzo.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo opens the closet and gets a blanket or two out.

"You sure you and Kit don't have some kind of mental connection?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

Kit looks innocent on the floor, like he doesn't understand a word being said.

"Kit is special."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo grins.

"I gathered. And...here's a blanket for you, Petra."

He lays one blanket across the top of those already on Petra's bed.

"There's another here if you need it."

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

Petra strugles to sit up and does so after a moment. She takes the blanket from Bonzo and throws it over her sholders.

"Thanks..." She pauses then looks at Kit. "Could you take care of him?" She coughs again.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo smiles slightly.

"Of course."

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"Scared me witless yesterday... In that outfit of yours." Petra says, lying back on her bed blankets piled up around and that one on her sholders.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo looks slightly confused for a moment.

"How'd it scare you?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"Remember, I was raised in a small town, where ghost stories abound. The outfit fit one of them."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"Which one?"

Bonzo's intrigued.

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"I don't remember the details... I'm not much one for supersition, but it was about a man made of metal who stold children."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo sighs.

"Petra, I was Anakin Skywalker for Halloween. Thank Bar for the costume."

Pause.

"Did I look like I was made of metal?"

That's a serious question.

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"He always wore robes." Petra explains, "besides, I wasn't exactly thinking clearly when I entered last night." she frowns. "Or whenever."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo nods.

"It's alright. Sorry that I spooked you."

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

Petra half shrugs and falls silent.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo pauses for a moment.

"There anything else I can do for you?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"Other than feeding kit?"

She shakes her head.

"How was All Hallows?"

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo thinks for a moment.

"Here? Not bad...Bar made me Anakin. Complete with the robotic arm."